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Four Roads to Heaven France and the Santiago Pilgrimage
ISBN: PB: 9781909930506, Signal Books, April 2017
256 pp., 20.2x13.5 cm, 24 colour illus.
For sale in CIS only! "There are four roads leading to Santiago, which combine to form a single road". So begins "The Pilgrim's Guide", the world's first guidebook. Written early in the twelfth century by Benedictine monks, it served travellers tak...
PB:
£14,99
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London Prints and Drawings before 1800
ISBN: HB: 9781851244126, Bodleian Library Publishing, March 2017
232 pp., 23.8x27.8 cm, 123 colour illus.
By the end of the eighteenth century London was the second largest city in the world, its relentless growth fuelled by Britain's expanding empire. Before the age of photography, the most widely used means of creating a visual record of the changing c...
HB:
£30,00
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Travel Activity Book
ISBN: PB: 9781908985774, GMC Group, Button Books, March 2017
76 pp., 27.6x23.4 cm
If you're heading off on holiday with children, in search of sun, sea, sand (and hopefully some relaxation too!), don't forget to pack this exciting book of travel-inspired activities to keep your young explorers entertained. Full of mind-teasing puz...
PB:
£9,08
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Prague A City and Its River
ISBN: PB: 9788024632926, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, February 2017
200 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 100 colour plates, 25 halftones, 2 maps
Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! Since its birth as a city, Prague's appearance, character, and life have been shaped by the River Vltava. The flow of the river enabled the settlement of the Prague basin, the creation of...
PB:
£20,00
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Lima A Cultural and Literary History
ISBN: PB: 9781902669984, Signal Books, February 2017
256 pp., 20.4x13.6 cm
For sale in CIS only! Formerly the viceregal capital of Spain's vast South American empire, Lima is today a sprawling metropolis struggling to cope with a population of eight million. Located on the coast between the Andean foothills and the Pacific...
PB:
£12,00
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Flanders A Cultural History
ISBN: PB: 9781904955283, Signal Books, February 2017
256 pp., 21.7x14.7 cm
For sale in CIS only! Famous for its cemeteries and monuments, Flanders has witnessed war and bloodshed on a colossal scale. Divided between Belgium, the Netherlands and France, this low-lying expanse of land has also known religious conflict and li...
PB:
£12,00
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Trabant Trek Crossing the World in a Plastic Car
ISBN: PB: 9781904955504, Signal Books, February 2017
320 pp., 21.5x15.9 cm
For sale in CIS only! Cambodia is a long way from Germany – thousands of miles, as it turns out. And in between are some of the world's highest mountains, most inhospitable deserts and least welcoming countries. Trying to make the journey overland w...
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£9,99
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By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy
ISBN: PB: 9781902669670, Signal Books, February 2017
224 pp., 20.3x13.3 cm
For sale in CIS only! In 1897 the Victorian novelist George Gissing undertook a brief but eventful journey in southern Italy. His itinerary took him from Naples to Reggio di Calabria, via Paola, Cosenza, Crotone and Squillace, through the area once...
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£12,99
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Pilgrimage to Santiago
ISBN: PB: 9781902669311, Signal Books, February 2017
256 pp., 20.3x13.3 cm
For sale in CIS only! "The Long Road to Heaven", the annual pilgrimage to the Galician city of Santiago de Compostela has taken place for over a thousand years. In the great cathedral of Santiago are said to lie the bones of St. James of the Great,...
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£9,99
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Cowley Road A History
ISBN: PB: 9781904955108, Signal Books, February 2017
164 pp., 20x13.4 cm
For sale in CIS only! Once a "respectable" white working-class suburb, Cowley Road is today the heartland of alternative Oxford. Famous for its restaurants and specialist shops, the street has also developed an enviable reputation for its music and...
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£5,99
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